roughage

noun

Any rough or coarse material.

noun

Rough or coarse material; something for rough use, as straw for bedding animals.

noun

In stock-feeding, the coarser portion of a ration, as hay, corn silage, etc., containing relatively little nutritive matter, as opposed to the concentrated part or grain feed.

noun

dietary fibre

noun

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis